England, Scotland and Wales all saw their warmest days of the year on Wednesday 2nd June. 

The UK’s mini-heatwave has smashed records for the year with parts of the country including London experiencing temperatures nearing 30C.

The sun was out in its full splendour and so were the Knights Court residents! Our residents enjoyed engaging in numerous different outdoor activities this week including lawn bowls. 

Our beautiful garden was filled with song and dance as we held an early D-Day celebration along with a special performance from the D-Day Dollies. We had so much fun welcoming back live entertainment to our home!.

Although many public spaces have now started reopening again including museums, we are still unable to visit in large groups, so we decided to celebrate International Museum Day by bringing the museum into Abingdon.

This Sunday, 6 June will mark the 77th anniversary of the D-Day offensive in Normandy.

In preparation for our own celebrations, many of our residents’ enjoyed making paper planes using step by step guides and then of course seeing how far they could fly.

After a fun pub style quiz we enjoyed a crisp and dip tasting session. Everyone had a different favourite with the onion rings proving to be particularly popular. 

One of our residents is lucky to have a talented artist as her husband. Her walls are always filled with beautiful reminders of one another and her face always lights up whenever a new one arrives. 

What a perfect day to celebrate national milkshake day by making our own in the sunshine. 

What an amazing event!!

As summer is quickly approaching, we are also adapting our seasonal menu. However, as always at Buckingham House we did it in style. One of the topics highlighted during our resident’s council meeting was that they would like more variety on their summer menu. We ensure that we are #responsive to the needs and likes of our residents!

Hope Green were treated to a morning of toe tapping and hand clapping music from a local accordion entertainer and it was a roaring success. Residents and staff couldn't resist getting involved and were even up dancing which was wonderful to be a part of. Live music plays a wonderful role in stimulation and lifting mood but it was also great to see how it brought everyone together in dance, whether that was on our feet or in our armchairs! Thank you to our entertainer for a wonderful time, we're hoping you'll visit us again soon.